premiercrew
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Member since October 2009
Locale: Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Favorite region: Burgundy, Switzerland, Médoc
Dream wine: Chateau Margaux 1900
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1880 Blandy's Madeira Verdelho
3/7/2010 - premiercrew wrote: 96 Points
Amazing life in this wine still, from the first hints of maple syrup on the nose through to walnut in the taste. Really a privilege and a treat to drink something this old - tasting a little bit of history. Fantastic. Hard to give a rating, but according to the scale... it would have to be classed as extraordinary.
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1997 Château Margaux
3/7/2010 - premiercrew wrote: 95 Points
First tasting of a Premier Grand Cru Classé, in magnum format. Great intensity on the nose from the very start. Started drinking an hour and a half or so after opening. Beautifully complex aromas of cherries, summer fruits and the oak coming through - though all in perfect balance. The wine tasted just as impressive as the smell, with the cherries coming through strongly and a wonderful lingering aftertaste. The structure and balance of the wine were clear proof of the sheer quality of the Chateau and the terroir, despite (allegedly) being a lesser vintage. I look forward to trying others in the future.
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2000 Domaine Lignier-Michelot Clos de la Roche
3/7/2010 - premiercrew wrote: 95 Points
Tasted blind among other bottles, this was easily and immediately identifiable from the nose alone. Spicy fruit on the nose, deep and rich. Hints of 'pierre a feu'. Beautiful taste, fine balance with traces of faded tannin. The flavour hangs in the mouth and leaves an aftertaste of confit red fruits. Stunning bottle, sadly the last.
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